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A town of 6,310, settled in 1910.
Lacombe gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $218K, 2.7 years of the Slidell metro’s $81K median household income. It grades B− overall, 38th of 161 graded towns in Louisiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 77% of the country. On the plus side, its schools outperform 83% of the state's. 12% of residents are under 18 in Lacombe, below both the Louisiana town median (24%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Lacombe has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Lacombe School and Francois Cousin House.
Where Lacombe beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Chahta-Ima Elementary School | PK–3 | 319 |
| Bayou Lacombe Middle | 4–6 | 209 |
Where Lacombe’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Lacombe is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 88% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 1%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 6,523 in 1990, 8,657 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 4 maps from 1935 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lacombe is unincorporated, so St. Tammany Parish and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Lacombe.
Lacombe pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and looks healthier within Louisiana than nationally.
Since 1979, 1,206 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lacombe. Only 4 of the 162 Louisiana towns we compare have a higher FEMA risk score than Lacombe.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its A− for schools comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $218K.
Its public schools are run by the St. Tammany Parish school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chahta-Ima Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 319 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Within Louisiana it is healthier than 70% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures.
32% of adults feel lonely in Lacombe. Lacombe beats the Louisiana average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 44% of adults have high blood pressure in Lacombe.
| Lacombe | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 44% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 26% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 12% |
| What stands out | Lacombe | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 16.8% | 22.5% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.6% | 18.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lacombe has 819 jobs for its 3,357 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 33.7 minutes, against 25.7 across Louisiana.
Most working residents leave Lacombe for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Lacombe is 34 minutes. Jobs based in Lacombe grew to 819 in 2023, 206 more than in 2013.
| Lacombe | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.4% | 5.6% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lacombe’s median age is 46.3 years. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 27% across Louisiana.
| Lacombe | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.3 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 20% | 29% |
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2 points). Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Lacombe | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.8% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.2% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.1% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 32.6% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.1% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.1% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
7.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Boy Scout Trail, at 36 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Boy Scout Trail | 0.4 mi | 36 |
| 2. Bayou Lacombe Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
January nights average 41.7°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.3°.
Lacombe has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Lacombe | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 42°F | 42°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 92°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
91% of Lacombe households own their home. The typical Lacombe home is worth about $218,000, up 1.5% in a year, close to the Louisiana typical home.
| Lacombe | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $886 a month | $992 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lacombe. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
27 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
19 mi LandmarkFort Macomb
21 mi Stadium & arenaLakefront Arena
24 mi GardenCity ParkLake Pontchartrain: Mersh13, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Caesars Superdome: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National World War II Museum: Nolabob, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Macomb: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5 · Lakefront Arena: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0 · City Park: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.5
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lacombe
About 6 of every 100 Lacombe residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Louisiana.
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Lacombe is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,679 at the 2010 census, and 8,657 in 2020.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lacombe grades B− overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #38 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades C− for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
